This ‘Bridgerton’ Actress Accidentally Stabbed Her Co-Star with a Parasol

When asked about the instance, Coughlan said, “Unfortunately, that is true. So, it was my first day on set, and it’s quite terrifying getting a big Shondaland Netflix job, you think, ‘I just don’t want to screw this up.’ So, they said to me, ‘You’re very tiny, let’s put you in heels.’”

Although she agreed with the height adjustment, Coughlan found herself struggling to stand upright without falling over. She continued, “It became evident pretty quickly that with the corset and the heels my balance was not so amazing.”

Coughlan admitted that she fell not once, not twice, but three times during that first day on the Bridgerton set. Unfortunately, Jessie was in the wrong place at the wrong time for Coughlan’s third tumble.

“And the third time I was holding a parasol, which in the wrong hands is a deadly weapon,” she said. “And I fell forward and stabbed Claudia Jessie, who plays Eloise Bridgerton, in the hand, and she just started bleeding. But she’s still my friend!”

And we thought rain boots and an umbrella were hard enough to manage…

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